Crime Corner
Crime Corner’s Jerry Holt writes about three Scottish noir authors, Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, and Helen Fields, and their most recent books.
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Jo Nesbø’s The Redeemer—a Christmas crime read
Crime Corner’s Jerry Holt recommends curling up next to the fireplace with some eggnog and Jo Nesbø’s “Christmas crime read,” The Redeemer.
Hit men, psychotics—and very noisy neighbors
Jerry Holt’s Crime Corner takes a look at the latest releases from Norwegian noir authors Jo Nesbø, Helene Flood, and Ruth Lillegraven.
Strangers, comrades, and crime fiction
Jerry Holt writes about finding kindred spirits who love crime novels like he does while teaching in Bergen, Norway, as a Fulbright scholar.
Education in Norway—a magical experience
Crime Corner’s Jerry Holt shares his experience of teaching literary noir to university students in Bergen, Norway, and in Indiana.
Icelandic Noir on a dark, windswept island
Crime Corner’s Jerry Holt recommends three Icelandic crime novels by authors Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, Ragnar Jónasson, and Arnaldur Indriðason.
Reptile Memoirs
Jerry Holt reviews Silje Ulstein’s book, Reptile Memoirs, a Norwegian literary thriller set on the fjords of Ålesund and Kristiansund in Norway.
Bitter Flowers
Jerry Holt reports that the 2007 Norwegian crime novel, Bitre Blomster (Bitter Flowers), by Gunnar Staalesen, will be released in English in May.
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For the travel issue, Jerry Holt brings us a new episode of Crime Corner featuring Irish author John Banville.
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Jerry Holt writes about a book and two movies that cover the Dyatlov Pass incident, in which nine hikers died in Russia’s Ural Mountains in 1959.
